The slogan 'Garibi Hatao' (Remove Poverty) was given in 1971 by:

"Garibi Hatao" ("Remove Poverty") was the central slogan of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's campaign for the 1971 general elections. In response to the opposition's slogan "Indira Hatao" ("Remove Indira"), she said, "Ve kehte hain Indira hatao, hum kehte hain garibi hatao" ("They say remove Indira; I say remove poverty"). The slogan appealed strongly to the rural and urban poor, and her party, the Congress (R), won a large majority, with 352 seats in the Lok Sabha.

Garibi Hatao became the theme of the Fifth Five-Year Plan (1974-1979), which had the objectives of removing poverty (garibi hatao) and achieving self-reliance. The Plan was drafted by D.P. Dhar. Programmes introduced in this period include the Twenty Point Programme (1975), the Minimum Needs Programme (1974), and several schemes for poor farmers and agricultural labourers. The Fifth Plan was ended a year early, in 1978, when the Janata Party government came to power and introduced the "Rolling Plan" (1978-80).

Other actions associated with this period include the nationalisation of 14 major banks (1969), the abolition of privy purses (1971) and the nationalisation of the coal industry (1971-73). Indira Gandhi also led India to victory in the 1971 war with Pakistan, which created Bangladesh.

Other famous political slogans:

"Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan": Lal Bahadur Shastri (1965), during the war with Pakistan and the food crisis. Atal Bihari Vajpayee later added "Jai Vigyan" (1998), and Narendra Modi added "Jai Anusandhan" (2019).

"Sampoorna Kranti" (Total Revolution): Jayaprakash Narayan (1974).

Why not the other options?

• ✗Jawaharlal Nehru gave the slogan "Aaram Haram Hai".
• ✗Lal Bahadur Shastri gave "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan".
• ✗Morarji Desai was Prime Minister from 1977 to 1979.